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Patricia Crone

1945 - 2015

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Patricia Crone (28 March 1945 – 11 July 2015) was a Danish historian specialising in early Islamic history. Crone was a member of the revisionist school of Islamic studies and questioned the historicity of the Islamic traditions about the beginnings of Islam. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patricia Crone is the 338th most popular historian (up from 369th in 2019), the 391st most popular biography from Denmark (up from 441st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Patricia Crone ranks 338 out of 561. Before her are Élisabeth Roudinesco, Mikhail Pogodin, Jean Delumeau, Charles Forbes René de Montalembert, İlber Ortaylı, and Joseph-François Michaud. After her are Henrik Gabriel Porthan, Robert Darnton, Donald Keene, Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius, Andrea Riccardi, and Bobojon Ghafurov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Patricia Crone ranks 335. Before her are Abdelaziz Belkhadem, Vladimiro Montesinos, John McVie, Abdolkarim Soroush, Lydia Shum, and Michael Blake. After her are Gordon Thomson, Marion Rung, Roberta Bondar, David A. Granger, Tommy Franks, and Walter Momper. Among people deceased in 2015, Patricia Crone ranks 239. Before her are Józef Oleksy, Alex Rocco, Klaus Rifbjerg, Pino Daniele, Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, and Michael Blake. After her are Mike Porcaro, Tadeusz Konwicki, Jules Bianchi, Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Anna Kashfi, and Henri Coppens.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Patricia Crone ranks 391 out of 1,032. Before her are Peter Georg Bang (1797), Klaus Rifbjerg (1931), Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1778), Viggo Kampmann (1910), Ole Beich (1955), and Jakob Nielsen (1957). After her are Trine Dyrholm (1972), Jacob Riis (1849), August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1612), Robert Jacobsen (1912), Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (1864), and Ada Adler (1878).

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Among HISTORIANS In Denmark

Among historians born in Denmark, Patricia Crone ranks 2. Before her are Saxo Grammaticus (1150).

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